The All State

When the dust settled Sunday evening, I was behind Team 9 by eight points with one player left to play on Monday night. I spent Monday night cheering every time the Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker caught a pass.

I did not cheer that much.

Welker finished the game with 27 yards rushing and 22 yards receiving for a grand total of four fantasy points. Team 9 is still undefeated and I am 2-2.

Before I looked at the next team I was going to face this week, I decided to review and evaluate my team.

I have earned 339 points in my first four games. My highest weekly total was the 102 points in my week 2 victory. My lowest score was 65 points in a week one merciless beat down that I will avenge later.

After four weeks, my smartest draft picks have turned out to be Ronnie Brown in round two and Marion Barber in round six. My best transactions since the draft have been picking up Wes Welker after dropping the Saints defense and trading running backs Cedric Benson for Julius Jones.

Drafting Steven Jackson and Marc Bulger in rounds one and three has been my biggest mistakes. In my defense, no one expected the Rams to be 0-3.

The Chargers are an even bigger shock. At 1-3, the Chargers are disappointing a lot of people. Playing Charger's quarterback, Phillip Rivers, would feel better if he did not have six interceptions to go with his five touchdowns. I should get bonus points for dropping the Chargers defense.

I have four wide receivers that have combined for just four touchdowns. Marques Colston was supposed to be my superstar. Instead he and the New Orleans Saints have been suffering from the same sickness as the Rams. It is called "we can not win any games-itis."

After checking the waiver wire, I realized that the only way I can get the kind of quarterback or wide receiver I need to improve my scores is with another trade.

With that in mind, I picked up Cleveland quarterback Derek Anderson and Rams back up running back Brian Leonard. I dropped Bulger and kept Jackson hoping to package him in a deal (provided he comes back from his injury soon).

None of my roster has a bye this week and my only injury concern is Cotchery. He played hurt last weekend and practiced all week. I hope he practiced catching touchdowns.
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GridironGovs (0-1) 102	Team 9 (4-0) 87
QB Phillip Rivers 2	Tony Romo 37
RB Marion Barber 7	Reggie Bush 0
RB Ronnie Brown 26	Jamal Lewis 12
WR Jerrico Cotchery 10	Reggie Brown 1
WR Ronald Curry 11	Hines Ward 0
WR Wes Welker 4	Roy Williams 5
TE Tony Gonzalez 13	Jason Witten 13
K Matt Stover 7	Nate Kaeding 12
DST Packers 12	Vikings 7
GridironGovs (2-2) 80	Team 11 (3-1) 66
QB Phillip Rivers 28	Brett Favre 14
RB Marion Barber 6	Chris Brown 8
RB Ronnie Brown 20	Adrian Peterson 0
WR Marques Colston 3	Braylon Edwards 11
WR Jerricho Cotchery 3	Joe Jurevicius 1
WR Wes Welker 1	Amani Toomer 0
TE Tony Gonzalez 10	Dallas Clark 10
K Matt Stover 9	Joe Nedney 1
DST Packers 8	Patriots 21

*Week four results are on the top, week five on the bottom.*
I got an easy victory this week because my opponent's team was decimated by injuries and the bye week. After I laughed mercilessly like the Joker telling himself his favorite joke, I realized that this week's win places me at the top of my division.


There are no undefeated teams left in the league. Team 9, who beat me last week, suffered their first loss this week. They still have the best record at 4-1, but I am right behind them.

I like my running back combination of Barber and Brown. The Chargers are about to face the best part of their schedule, playing Oakland, Houston and then Minnesota. Rivers numbers should go up.

I still need a consistent No. 1 receiver. I like Cotchery as long as Chad Pennington is healthy. Colston is not getting it done and Welker is a third option now that Donte' Stallworth is healthy.

I need to put together a Lex Luther-like trade to get my next opponents kryptonite. Watch out Team 7, the GridironGovs are on a roll.

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